Environment & Energy | Wednesday 18 May, 2016 5:52 am

SWCC, NWC to work jointly to help meet summer demand

Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ibrahim, governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and CEO of National Water Company (NWC), said both water production and distribution sectors are ready to meet the summer demand. SWCC and NWC have applied several joint plans and programs to increase the...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 May, 2016 5:29 am

Shell Saudi Arabia holds seminars on oil used in transport & construction sectors

ALJOMAIH and Shell Lubricating Oil Ltd (Josloc) recently held several seminars across Saudi Arabia about the construction and transport sectors. These seminars came within an integrated program of Business Marketing Department at “Shell Josloc” for continued support to existing and...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 May, 2016 5:27 am

KSA leads the world in water desalination

The desalination industry in Saudi Arabia witnessed significant shifts since it was initiated 88 years ago by King Abdul Aziz in 1928. It started with importing two large machines for sea water distillation in order to find a steady source of fresh water for the people of Jeddah and to alleviate ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 12 May, 2016 1:26 pm

Launching The Saudi Power and Saudi Aircon Exhibition 2016

Saudi Power exhibition was launched, on Monday May 9, 2016 in concurrence with the Saudi Aircon 2016 and continues for 3 days at Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center H.E. Dr. Saleh Bin Hussein Al Awaji inaugurated the Saudi Power 2016 exhibition organized by Riyadh Exhibitions ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 11 May, 2016 4:28 am

Aramco CEO: Oil demand growing

Saudi Aramco is in the final stages of preparing options for its initial public offer of shares before presenting the options soon to its Supreme Council for consideration, chief executive Amin Nasser said on Tuesday. Saudi Aramco has a huge team working on the options, which include a share...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 9 May, 2016 4:04 am

Saudi Arabia to maintain stable oil policies: Falih

Saudi Arabia’s new energy minister on Sunday pledged to maintain the Kingdom’s oil policy, after being named in a major government overhaul. “Saudi Arabia will maintain its stable petroleum policies,” Khalid Al-Falih said in a statement. “We remain committed to...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 8 May, 2016 6:15 am

New Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih was longtime Saudi Aramco chief

Khalid Al-Falih, named byon Saturday to head a super Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, was the longtime chief of state oil giant Saudi Aramco. From 2009, he was Saudi Aramco’s president and CEO, in charge of about 60,000 employees at the firm which produces roughly one in...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 7 May, 2016 1:37 pm

Oil falls as investors cash in on month-long gains

 Oil prices fell on Friday as investors cashed in on a 20-percent rise over the past month, outweighing the impact of crude production cuts in Canada where a huge wildfire has disrupted oil sands operations. Oil prices were down around one percent by 1234 GMT, with global benchmark Brent...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 5 May, 2016 9:10 am

Doha Bank hosts Tree Planting event

Doha Bank continued to build upon its environmental leadership in Qatar by hosting its Tree Planting event using irrigation system equipment, near its branch in Dukhan.  A number of Doha Bank staff volunteers teamed up to plant trees and install the automatic irrigation system, to demonstrate...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 28 April, 2016 4:36 am

Aramco sets financing plan for industrial push

Saudi Aramco, the biggest energy company, outlined financing plans on Wednesday that will support its expansion into new areas under a sweeping economic reform plan released by Riyadh this week. The reforms envisage Aramco transforming itself from an oil and gas firm into a “global...

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